Triathlons

I must admit, I'm sportier than I told you. I'm not saying that I'm not uncoordinated, but I do triathlons. A few years ago, in my last year of high school, I needed an athletic outlet. I love cycling and swimming, so I jumped on google and found a local triathlete's club.

I realise that saying I do triathlons makes me sound exceptionally athletic. I am not. I am a strong swimmer, and a fast cyclist. I'm not that fast a runner, but because of the other 2, I can afford not to be.

I signed up for a race this weekend, but considering the heat, they moved the whole race indoors. This is what the track looks like:

That is two tracks with a 100m pool in the middle. I thought that they were going to have the cycling and running on the same track (The picture they sent in the email was very vague.) Like I said, I'm quite a fast cyclist, so I was worried that I would finish the bike leg and get run over by some of the slower cyclists while I was running.

This is a community event, for charity, I think, so there will be lots of people who are doing it to raise money and prove that they can do it. I commend their efforts, but I do sometimes wish that they had separate races for amateurs. Last time I ran in a race like this, we had someone drown in the pool. Of course, being the good person that I am (and because we were sharing a lane) I dragged her out of the pool to the officials before continuing on my race. I got a medal after the race, for saving her life or something.

I just wanted to tell you the truth about me. I've been lying all along. I am sporty. I'm sorry. Good bye.

My Birthday

My birthday is coming up on Monday, so I decided to make a post about it. But then I got caught up drawing a party Jeff, so I forgot what I was going to say. Here's my Jeff. He's dancing, in CLOTHES!

Enjoy. 

Any way, exciting, right? I get to turn 20 soon! Wish me presents!

I'm having a build-a-bear birthday party. All my friends are older than me, so it should be interesting...

Jeff the Monkey

Okay, NoComedy, you wanted a post about a monkey. I even drew you a monkey!

This is Jeff.

Jeff looks nervous because he lives in the jungle. You know what else lives in the jungle? Tigers. Jeff is also nervous because this is his first time on the internet. I've told him that not that many people will see him, but he doesn't believe me. He's pretty paranoid like that.

Jeff might feature from time to time when I have lots of time and nothing to blog about. He'll be my back up when I want to write a post, but I don't want to babble about nothing.

But anyway, I think that is enough for now. Maybe next time, I'll elaborate, tell you his story or something. But for now, enjoy the picture, think about monkeys.

An Old Married Couple.

A friend of mine got married yesterday. It was a beautiful ceremony, but that's not what I'm talking about. Shakespeare and I were talking to the bride and her mother. Her mother asked if she was sure that they could handle married life. The bride replied that they had been 'practising' every weekend, staying together, basically being married...

Anyway, when we got home, Shakespeare suggested that we try it. My first response was 'are we planning on getting married?'. He looked surprised for a second, then, to save explaining myself, I said yes. So now we're married for 2 weeks. It's going well so far. He's staying at my house (even though his is much bigger) because it's only a few blocks from his work. That means I get to take his car to my work.

I get to cook. I can cook most things. Shakespeare is making it up to me by making cakes and cookies and  stuff like that. He doesn't realise that just because I don't cook doesn't mean I can't.

But I just thought you guys deserved a post, and I wanted to tell you what was happening. I'll probably update throughout the week.

Also, 15 page views yesterday! I'm so excited!

New Job... Again

So, I got a new job this week. I wouldn't have changed, but I needed more money. So I've gone from being a waitress to being a receptionist.

I learned very quickly that, being front and centre like I am, I will hear many 'great ideas'. I've started, whenever hearing someone say 'now, I have this brilliant idea' replying (or muttering under my breath) 'yes, Baldrick, but your record in this department is hardly 100%' (not the exact quote, I know, but I think I did well remembering it). I simply can't help it. And yes, I know it's usually 'I have a cunning plan', but how often is someone going to say that?

Also, I've learned that the staff kitchen is a nightmare. I have to wait for someone else to come cover the phones before I can leave for lunch, so I can't be sneaky and get my food before everyone else. I also lost my sandwich. Now, to who else is a salad sandwich smothered in mustard a delicacy? I found the guy who took it and chased him out of the building. But my friend (I know, I made a friend!) warned me that I should probably not do that again if I want to keep my job. It had my name on it and everything! Seriously. I need a clever sign to put up warning people against the taking of my lunch. I'll work on it over the weekend.

I'm also in charge of handling the emails and such which go to the whole building. They go through me first. And while this makes me feel really special, I know that it's because they need someone to sift through all the shitty forwarded emails about kittens, babies and things like that. I must admit to letting one through because it was about HAAH, but aside from that, I am vigilant.

I've learned the names of the people in the office really quickly, but I have honestly no idea what most of them do. I know that Kathy works on level 6, but I don't know if she's an assistant, a boss, or a worker drone. Geez, she could be a goat, and I would have no idea.

Well, I think I ought to go to bed. I need a good nights sleep before I wake up at 6 am. But hey, at least they serve bacon in the breakroom for breakfast.